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@jacksondavies1451

2 жыл бұрын

How’d you comment this 30 minutes before the video came out?

@bryce3754

2 жыл бұрын

Overture, This Jesus Must Die, and Trial By Pilate from Jesus Christ Superstar have really interesting uses of Dim chords too... I know your main focus is pop music and not really a lot of musical theater

@JoeMama-zd1im

2 жыл бұрын

In queen's "In the lap of the gods" they use a diminished chord in the chorus

@rogeriosugui5791

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! There is a beautiful song from late 90's, from a brazillian band, called "Os cegos do castelo" (something like "the blind from the castle"), where most part of the music is I and viiº (C and Bº). Take a look at kzread.info/dash/bejne/eIGZ29d9cbXFcqg.html Oddly enough, it sounds very pleasant...

@adrin181

2 жыл бұрын

in the description, you listed the time stamp for the Billie Eilish song off by a minute

We should never diminish chords. They deserve our respect and esteem for their contribution to music. Don't diminish chords, praise them.

@deviationblue

Жыл бұрын

Augment them, even.

@SamBrockmann

Жыл бұрын

Give them extensions of praises.

@Merlocampini

Жыл бұрын

Ко је разумео, схватиће.

@Freakinawesome333

Жыл бұрын

Yeah shame on these music theorists. They even call some of these chords “dim” 😔

@ThrasherMan

10 ай бұрын

These chords are really good and should be augmented, but recent media has inverted their beauty which has made people dissonant towards them.

The dim7 chord is really just three minor thirds in a trenchcoat

@singrdave

2 жыл бұрын

Named Vincent Majorchord

@ThePromptWizard2023

2 жыл бұрын

Also just a Dom7b9 you know :) One man's C# dim7 is another man's A7b9

@landondavismusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePromptWizard2023 yessir

@landondavismusic

2 жыл бұрын

Haha that’s good 😂

@chrisisbell3080

2 жыл бұрын

It is also two interlocking tritones ready for modulation. :-)

these chords are EVIL muhaha

@godfather3357

2 жыл бұрын

Muhaha

@eduardozepol2000

2 жыл бұрын

hi shred

@user-sf6zv2mw1j

2 жыл бұрын

EVIL AF

@michaelalberson126

2 жыл бұрын

They s are beautiful when used correctly. 😊😊

@urilevy1

2 жыл бұрын

They sound like dark water

My love and respect for the diminished chord has been sharply, augmented.

@maurmi

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@johnandlouise1

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll admit I snorted

@ISuperI

2 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there

@jeffjones1359

2 жыл бұрын

Ar ar ar ar…🥴😉

@nkchamplin

2 жыл бұрын

If you could take it down a notch, that'd be perfect.

It’s incredibly helpful when Mr. Bennett shows an example, and then shows an alternate version of what it would sound like in another instance - In this case, what would happen if the chord wasn’t diminished. He does this often in his videos, and I learn so much from it every time. Thank you for your time and your talent.

@llll-lk2mm

2 жыл бұрын

Totally steals my attention with that. He's brilliant.

@JeiShian

2 жыл бұрын

Yes very well said! Those examples are such useful learning tools!

@hillaryburdick9313

2 жыл бұрын

I agree! He is a great teacher. 👍

@michaela.webermann4141

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, it's among the best of his many great learning tools/tricks

@quirmi_6770

2 жыл бұрын

I’m not getting Ben kidding that’s my orchestras directors last name, mrs Bennett, she even has her husband teaching jazz, which I’m in too 💀💀

I love the diminished chord in "youve got a friend in me", especially because its almost immediately followed by an augmented chord

@caviarc408

2 жыл бұрын

Double cool chord whammy!

@BostonCycling_

2 жыл бұрын

Randy Newman >>>>>>>

@superdriver777

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Randy Newman writes some amazing progressions. I'd always wanted to be able to play that song on guitar, and now I can, but I have to read the chords as I go...too many to remember lol

@nomorebushz

2 жыл бұрын

You’re talking about the II - V - I progressions in a minor key, which is extremely common. Listen to all the minor key songs in the man of La Mancha guitar parts.

I think one of the most useful and insightful things that David does in these videos is record and play the alternative. As in "They didn't have to do it this way, they could simply have done this..." What a considerate addition. Thanks for all your work!

I can't even put into words the joy that seeing All Star in a David Bennett video gives me.

"Songs that use Diminished Chords" *proceeds to show muse´s entire discography*

@aaronclift

2 жыл бұрын

Yep - “Stockholm Syndrome” has it.

@jerebondar8128

2 жыл бұрын

@@aaronclift Stockholm syndrome, reapers, apocalypse please, new born, screenager... all my favorite muse songs, lol

@OkonkwoPlaysBass

2 жыл бұрын

@@jerebondar8128 plug in baby. Right before the GMaj to start the chorus matt does a F#dim in the upper register.

@PendelSteven

2 жыл бұрын

@@OkonkwoPlaysBass ... Where else? It's not simple to play a dimished chord on the lower register of the guitar. In fact, nigh impossible.

@Zackapo

2 жыл бұрын

@@PendelSteven you can do a power chord with a diminished 5th and it implies a diminished chord in the harmony I guess

I love diminished chords. As a child, playing electric organ there were pre-programmed chords and I loved to play along with them. I felt they sounded mysterious and exciting and today I really love when they are incorporated in modern music.

@mgbchoralmusic6443

2 жыл бұрын

I used to call them "horror music chords" before I knew what they were

@bigkeezo

2 жыл бұрын

@@mgbchoralmusic6443 right spooky 👻

@mgbchoralmusic6443

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigkeezo especially when played on the keyboard with the pipe organ sound!

@tedl7538

Жыл бұрын

Trembling arpeggiated diminished chords rising by half steps is a classic silent film (with live musical score) high tension cliche, on piano or organ.

I spent so many years learning music theory by shear force in classical music school, but feeling like it wasn't useful at all, and now in my thirties I am actually understanding practical harmony thanks to amazing youtubers such as David Bennet! Thank you so much!

@VelocityRecordingStudio

Жыл бұрын

Same. My theory teacher never played the piano. . .

@tommyhaynes9157

Жыл бұрын

I learned it in high school and found it very useful . I guess you don't play an instrument

@belenlg5978

Жыл бұрын

Dude I play not one but several instruments. You can play classical music by just being able to read sheet music... in fact I know lots of people who had the same experience as me, studying harmony by the book but not being able to understand it and apply it

@Pawl0solidus

7 ай бұрын

I’m also relearning music in my thirties. This content is good!

Your piece at the end that only uses diminished chords is actually pretty cool. It may not be very practical for a song on the radio, but I can totally hear that being used in a film score.

@nexas3018

2 жыл бұрын

Or in a video game

@johnchastain7890

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, I get dibs for the soundtrack to my (perpetually unfinished) scifi miniseries! ;-)

@ze-ce.cra_

2 жыл бұрын

I believe Matt Bellamy could manage to write lyrics and sing a melody over that

@ericforsyth

2 жыл бұрын

@@nexas3018: It sounds like something from a video game, probably a SNES or N64/Playstation era Japanese game. Can't quite place it, though. Maybe A Link to the Past

@nexas3018

2 жыл бұрын

@@ericforsyth Yeah I think there’s something like it in Ocarina of Time but I can’t remember exactly what.

The tension built by the diminished chord is like the tension I feel while waiting for David to use an example from a Radiohead song. Radiohead is my resolved chord.

Songs that include diminished and augmented chords are my favorite when they’re done right. They add so much variety to songs that I love so much

You just did better in 15 minutes than 10 years of conservatory for my reading of chords. Brilliant!

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

Here in Brazil, diminished chords are pretty common in many forms and styles! Samba, bossa nova, forró/xote and so on. It's also common in the traditional music of other Latin America nations

@paulo.alexandrino

2 жыл бұрын

O comentário que eu estava procurando!

@ithan0404

Жыл бұрын

Forró tmb? Caraca, nn sabia kkkkk

@pepafonico

Жыл бұрын

@@ithan0404 sim, principalmente o semi-diminuto, tb chamado de m7(b5). Por ex: em Tropicana do Alceu, tem a sequência Bm / F#m / C#m7(b5) / F#7. Existem zilhões de exemplos!

@ithan0404

Жыл бұрын

@@pepafonico aaata kkk É muito legal saber q nessas músicas há bastante elementos desse tipo. Por elas serem nacionais ainda da até mais orgulho kk Vlw por explicar

I hope you include a Beatles song for once

@sandybarnes887

2 жыл бұрын

😆

@nielsvandijk6535

2 жыл бұрын

Or radiohead

@TheWorldTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

😆

@niloc5533

2 жыл бұрын

Or muse

@jaysutcliff

2 жыл бұрын

Or oasis

Life on Mars is absolutely phenomenal when it comes to diminished chords and is overall such a great song. Love Bowie.

there's a brazillian song called "Ela Partiu"(she left) that has a cool diminished guitar lick, where the guitarist plays a diminished chord, and moves it above it a minor third repeatedly, thus changing chords several times, but never changing notes. as you explain in 17:37

@xoxb2

2 жыл бұрын

Tim Maia! Que beleza ...

Dude... Your videos impart what an alcoholic would call a "moment of clarity." Great videos, breh!

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers! 🍺

The Shadows' Chattanooga Choo-choo instrumental starts with three pairs of diminished chords in different inversions giving the illusion of a train whistle.

I've been a musician for nearly 30 years and I was totally blown over by 'love is a losing game ' Amy was 17 when she wrote that ...I think some people are just born to do it . The use of the dim chord in ' God only knows ' is just sublime...that's another song that is full of fantastic chords ...the way he uses inversions is just genius

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@chrisgeddes1272

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano great video, but I'm surprised you didn't mention that the next chord in God Only Knows after the segment you analysed is a min7b5. It's how I learned the difference between the two types of chord.

Thanks once again David! Might be no exaggeration to say that 25% of everything I've learned about the deep & wondrous pool that is music theory, I learned from watching your videos, sitting at the piano, trying it out as I go.

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben! I’m so glad to hear that you find my videos helpful! 😃😃

God Only Knows actually uses both a half diminished chord and a regular diminished 7 chord, it’s such an interesting and beautiful composition!

Genesis loves diminished chords. They’re especially prominent in songs like “In the Cage” and “The Chamber of 32 Doors.”

@davidsolsonaaguarod5430

2 жыл бұрын

"Return of giant hogweed" uses several dim chords, from the amazing intro until his powerful ending

Ghost Town by The Specials starts with 4 dimished chords in a row. (C dim, D flat dim, D dim, and E flat dim)

@TheCitizenmax

Жыл бұрын

nice one, absolute classic

@wallyton

Жыл бұрын

Was about to suggest Ghost Town too..!

I’m studying music theory at university and this is the best way I’ve heard this concept explained so far. Thanks, I’ve been trying to understand this concept of what you use a diminished chord for. I thought this would be a fun trivia video, I love random knowledge, and I got that and more understanding of my degree :)

I was already singing Life on Mars in my head when you did that line cliché!!

My Sweet Lord is an example which springs to mind (dim7).

@flynnvanherwijnen7626

2 жыл бұрын

I think you mean ‘He’s So Fine’

@kevindurkin3864

2 жыл бұрын

@@flynnvanherwijnen7626 Ah - interestingly, the diminished seventh chord isn't there in 'He's So Fine'; the chorus ends with a stop on G major and then goes straight back to Am7.. In 'My Sweet Lord' the G#dim7 is added in as a joining chord back to Am7.

@flynnvanherwijnen7626

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevindurkin3864 Hmmm, and I was told they were identical...

@HAZARDOUS88

2 жыл бұрын

@@flynnvanherwijnen7626 The court case told you that maybe lol

@flynnvanherwijnen7626

2 жыл бұрын

@@HAZARDOUS88 in case you didn’t understand I was being _sarcastic_

Diminished chords are so intriguing to me because of their symmetry. That attribute wasn’t explicitly mentioned here, but it seems to be implied by a lot of what you demonstrated. While I hear a lot of diminished chords as being added in between chords as cool connective tissue, their symmetry also allows them to be used as interesting tools for modulation. Also, the piece you composed for the ending sounds like it belongs in the EarthBound soundtrack. I dig it.

@tedl7538

Жыл бұрын

Augmented triads have that symmetry too, but by using major thirds instead of minor. Just as four similar diminished triads cover an octave, so do three augmented triads.

The all diminished song sounds like a suspense movie soundtrack...

Thanks for yet another fantastic songwriting lesson! This was really interesting. I appreciate all the examples and the clear explanation of how to use diminished chords when composing. Keep up the great work! Thank you!

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😀

The fully diminished track at the end sounds like you're in a mist-filled graveyard late at night, slowly making your way down into a spooky crypt, lantern in hand. I'm sure there's at least one piece from the Monkey Island games that sounds just like this.

@SoleaGalilei

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same! The ambient music from the swamp in MI2 was my first thought, though there are other similar tracks in the series. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gYiu06h7Zq63g7g.html

@pulykamell

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. I was thinking of something like Luigi's Mansion, myself, but, yep, definite video game mood music.

@MisterM2402

2 жыл бұрын

@@SoleaGalilei Definitely that one too, but I was thinking more the Goodsoup Family Crypt from MI3: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aWqVupOsgZzKcZs.html

@AlmeidaVaG6

2 жыл бұрын

@@MisterM2402 Scrolling through the comments I was glad to see your profile pic, because the only reason I came down here in the first place was to say how it literally sounds like straight out of Twilight Princess to the point that, before he started explaining that it was his own, I thought he was actually gonna talk about Zelda and how diminished chords are used in soundtracks or something (kinda what @FuzzzWuzzz) said

@pup64hcp

2 жыл бұрын

your Majora's Mask pfp is also fitting. very spooky

I'm looking forward for the day you'll release a full video about Brazilian music/bossa nova and its chord progressions 🇧🇷

Thank you for making this video. I actually requested it a few months ago, and you responded that you'd make it. I can't imagine how much work one of these videos takes. So I really appreciate it. Diminished chords are my favorite songwriting tool. I use them in almost every song I write. The most common way I use them is the "Don't Look Back in Anger" style of progression (as a transition between the V and vi chords). But one song of mine uses a B dim 7 to resolve to G minor 7. The B resolves to Bb, the D stays on D, the F stays on F, and the G# resolves to G.

"I'm going slightly mad" by Queen is stuffed with diminished chords

@PloobyQ

2 жыл бұрын

Also "In The Lap Of The Gods" has at least one and "My Melancholy Blues" a some. There's lots of peculiar chords in Queen songs, especially in Freddie's more unique ones.

As a long-time guitar player, I was always baffled as to how a writer would think to chose a particular diminished chord for a transition in a song. I recently set a goal for myself to learn to play keyboards and I started playing songs that I had played many times on guitar on the piano. While playing these changes on a keyboard I had an epiphany. The most common use for a diminished triad (not the dim 7ths) is simply to create a line cliché by moving the ROOT of the chord up one half step and leaving the 3rd and the 5th alone. So, if you start with a C and move the root up one half step, you get a C#dim. The vast majority of the pop songs I had been playing with diminished triads had the diminished chord immediately preceded or immediately followed by the major chord one half step away. So, in Bennie and the Jets the change is G, G#dim, Am7. G#dim is just a G with the root raised by a half step leading to the Am7. The change in Don't Look Back in Anger is G, G#dim, Am. Again G#dim is just a G with the root raised by a half step. Georgia on My Mind - C7, C#dim7, G/D. This time the C#dim7 is just a C7 with the root raised up one half step. All Star - B, Cdim, B. Cdim is a B with the root raised up one half step. So all you're doing is moving the root up one half step and then back down again. When the Party's Over - A A#dim, B7. The line cliché in Your Song goes backwards it moves from an Adim to an Ab. An Ab is just an Adim with the root dropped by a half step. This little revelation suddenly made it clear why diminished chords were so often a natural result of changes when you're moving only the bass line or the root to transition into another chord.

@DanSheffo

13 күн бұрын

Two years later, really useful comment, thank you! Also a guitar player mulling learning piano for exactly this reason.

Best music theory teaching channel I’ve found. Great lessons, David. Very well structured with such great examples. First rate. Thanks.

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😄😃

I love the song you made in only diminished chords. Such a eerie and beautiful vibe to it!

The first time I used a diminished chord in something, it was C, B half-dim, D half-dim, G. It was on guitar, so I just slid the whole B chord up 3 frets. Now I realize it's a pretty basic way to use diminished chords, but it's kind of fun to think that I stumbled into it out without the help of theory, then the theory helped me understand it.

Metallica's Call of Ktulu is a lovely example of a great use of the chord. It switches between Am and Adim to build a "dark" tension.

Living in a cave, I didn't know most of the songs, but this is a superb discussion, worth repeated viewings. Definitely moves me forward. Thanks.

Still Got The Blues by the late great Gary Moore uses a m7b5 to great effect. Lady Gaga’s use of a G#dim in Bad Romance before resolving on the relative minor is another favourite of mine. Absolutely makes that whole chorus.

I have been hearing The Beatles "Because" in my head for years and had no idea what the song was. God bless you for finally revealing it to me. I feel like I can die at peace now 😂

@GaZonk100

2 жыл бұрын

I'll bet it was that first line - I've had that in my head too, for years

@kaicanyonellis

2 жыл бұрын

@@GaZonk100 it was indeed the first line! It played over the closing credits of a movie. Still trying to figure out what movie it was.

@rupen42

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy for you! That's a great feeling.

@rupen42

2 жыл бұрын

Was it American Beauty, perhaps? I just checked John Lennon's credits on IMDb. The ones that came up were American Beauty and a Cirque du Soleil movie (and a bunch of Beatles-related movies, like Across the Universe).

@nomnom112

2 жыл бұрын

Check out Elliott Smith's cover.

I’ve also heard that some Christmas songs use diminished chords, including the miner flat 5. I’ve saw on Adam Neely’s video on Seline Dion’s version of all by myself, she used that miner flat 5 in what he calls, "The greatest key change in pop music."

@ericforsyth

2 жыл бұрын

Heigh-Ho from Snow White features the minor miner 7.

@djdevenear216

2 жыл бұрын

@@ericforsyth thanks for bringing that to my attention. I’ve heard this song on what used to be Radio Disney a lot, and never noticed how it Modgulated. The miner 7 does give this song a sence of suspence.

Wonderful tutorial! You answered me in 20 minutes questions I had make myself in 40 years. Thank you very much.

So that piece of yours at the end could've come straight out of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. It's really hauntingly beautiful.

@silvershrike007

2 жыл бұрын

Came here to say this!!

@RadicalSharkRS

2 жыл бұрын

Reminded me of copy x's theme from megaman zero lol

@mastod0n1

2 жыл бұрын

Reminded me of the Shadow Temple in OoT

Finallyy, I’ve been searching for your diminish version

16:04 - THANK YOU, YA BASTARD. I held out to see if he would include God Only Knows on the topic of diminished 7ths. Great video, love a being able to see the Beatles and The Beach Boys (Brian Wilson) show up in these videos, a testament to each group using musical ideas to great effect, unique or otherwise.

Just discovered this channel yesterday off of my recommended, absolute goldmine. The visuals and explanations are superb

this is a FANTASTIC video, thank you david! i'm using these in conjunction with your 'music theory concepts ranked by importance' video to fill the holes in my understanding of music.

Was just wondering if these were used... very convenient

Thank you David. Finally I found a video that helped me to better understand diminished chords.

Great, I just started looking at a few of your videos. I am amazed of how well you explain things. Some other teachers just don't get the point. Your way gets the point across. Thank you, keep up the great work you do.

I always thought that chord in 'Don't Look Back In Anger' was an E7/G#

I love how you show so simply both what the concept is and how it's used in practice. The examples make it very clear. Thank you for going to the extra effort of finding/creating covers so we can hear what you mean without you getting demonetized. It's absolutely ridiculous that they make you do that when in reality you're giving the copyright holders free advertising by showcasing the music. Anyway, keep on doing what you do!

Between the Buried and Me is a metal band where you are surprised when they DONT use a diminished chord

Wow-Best explanation and examples of what and how to use diminished chords! Thank you!

I have been in several rock bands over the years and wrote and co-wrote songs all the while, WITH NEXT TO NO TRAINING. The David Bennett Piano channel is fascinating and helpful to me, so thanks! In this case, I will be looking over some of my songs to see if any of them could be enriched with diminished chords in the existing progressions.

Eerie piece! loved it!

The piece at the end sounds like one of the tunes in Zelda.

Great, great, great video. An incredible usefull explanation to disminished chords uses. Thank you.

great vid as usual completely clearing up all the ragged ends of my knowledge of dims. love your mysterious all-dim piece

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!😃😃

Great video and explanation... especially the bit about the 3 ways to include a 7th. Never heard it put so clearly. I've got a piece that ends on a I dim...sort of an unresolved resolution. Pretty neat trick when it works.

Love your videos, you help me learn along my first music theory class I’m taking right now with real world uses of music theory! Thanks for all your great vids!

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mason 😃

Another excellent video. The musical journey of a thousand miles… starts with a single step. Each one of your videos is a step or two further on the journey. Good stuff.💪👍🎸

Super interesting as always! Incredible work.

Woo I've never been this early for one of David's videos. Thanks for the great content!

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

sheeeeesshh this one was super instructive and helpful

'If I can dream " by Elvis has a nice use of the dim chord and 'Saturday Sun' by Nick drake . Dim chords are used quite a bit in gospel and blues ...' I need your love so bad " by Fleetwood Mac circa Peter green is another nice use of it . The chords to ' bridge over trouble water's ' are all good, after the dim chord he goes to Bmin/A bass note and it's just a thing of beauty .

So good these videos Dave!! the format of example - explanation is the perfect way to understand harmony.

Wow that resolution into the Bdim from the Bbdim7 in your piece was very impressive! I never thought I could experience such a thing.

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

What I always take from this channel is that all of Music Theory can be extracted either from Something, ADay in the Life or Because. 😂😂

In my view, the combination of your excellent commentary and your excellent examples really creates engagement with your videos. Very well done! I keep coming back for more.

This has been the most helpful lesson for me on how to build interesting chord progressions, thank you.

I think my favourite instance of a dimished chord is in the main Hamilton chord progression. It's just Bm F# G D Bbdim over and over again, but is captivating nonetheless.

I might be wrong, but I believe that the chord used in Don't Look Back in Anger is actually a E7/G# chord.

@heldmusic

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, pretty sure you're right on that. There's an investigative video I saw which comes to the same conclusion: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lYyYm6ymm9zdesY.html

@OkonkwoPlaysBass

2 жыл бұрын

It serves the same role, but yeah that's a more accurate description of it

@badgasaurus4211

2 жыл бұрын

Correct, though others like rick beato also describe it as a G# diminished chord.

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

I've watched that video (which somebody linked below) where he claims that it is an E7/G# but, if you listen to the acoustic version that he is going by (kzread.info/dash/bejne/eI6l05OyoJm2YKg.html) or look at the song's original stems (which are available online) you can't hear an "E" in that chord. The only difference between a G#dim and a E7/G# is whether or not it has an "E" so, without that essential "E" note, the chord is actually a G#dim 😊 There really isn't much difference between the two chords though 🙂

You make music so fascinating. It doesn’t have near the impact written in a book. Awesome! Thank you!!

Thanks so much for actually showing musical examples and then how they'd sound *without* the chord. Most music theory videos don't do this, which always makes me think "well, what's the alternative? What's the big deal here?" Showing both is super helpful. This was a really educational video. Thanks for posting, David. Subscribed!

Came here to see if All Star is included. Was not disappointed :) Cheers for the great work on your videos!

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

Funny how these videos will keep getting watched by someone who just started studying music and is asking themselves if those are even used

This is one of my videos you've created. I've always wanted to understand diminished chords in more detail. Thank you.

Excellent tutorial David, I’m a composer from Ireland and I really enjoy your videos, your channel is great and you provide a wonderful service to aspiring musicians, thank you.

7:36 Tom Waits actually uses a diatonic dimished vii chord in his song Martha, which is in major. The main piano riff simply switches back and forth between the I chord and dimished vii. Works quite well :)

OMG FINALLY U USED A SHREK SONG

I follow several piano teachers on the Tube. I enjoy your method of presenting aspects of music, like this vid and the others (augmented coming up). Very useful stuff! Bravo.

Beautifully explained - as usual. Thank you!

Your Diminished Chord-only song at the end sounds like a song one would hear in a Legend of Zelda Dungeon

Telephone - ELO uses 2 different diminished chords beautifully, one in the verse as a passing chord and one at the end of the chorus that I still don't understand fully why it works so well.

So well presented! Bravo! 👏

This has to be one of the best guitar lessons I’ve come across on this site. Ever! It’s one thing learning a song with a diminished chord in it. But quite another learning HOW to use them yourself to compose a song. Thank you!

9:41 At last! It wouldn't be a David Bennett video without the Beatles 😂

can't believe you mentioned the I-Imaj7-I7-IV line cliche without mentioning "something" by the Beatles!

I love that diminished composition of yours!

Thank you for ”augmenting” our understanding of the diminished chord, David!😉

I believe Ghost Town by the specials opens with a diminished chord

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

Good example!

@shatnersbassoon7155

2 жыл бұрын

6 diminished chords to be precise, Cdim, C#dim, Ddim, D#dim, Edim and Fdim, great intro!

@_XRMissie

2 жыл бұрын

Noooo I wanted to be clever and use this example lmao. Just to add onto what Matt said, as far as I can tell, after that chromatic diminished climb it vamps on Cm-Bdim for 6 bars, then Ddim for the 7th, then E for the 8th. In 8 whole bars (not including the intro), there's 7 diminished triads and only 1 major. Sounds absolutely brilliant and I love that song.

I really like the music theory videos. Keep it up! 👍

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jackson!!

It is extraordinary the amount of work you put into these videos. Thankyou.

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Rex!!

Super appreciate your explanations in this video. I was trying to understand why the vii dim was a "bad" chord to use in a progression and it makes total sense